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Recent Examples of pothole
Under Mahan’s tenure, the city’s vehicles have been outfitted with pothole-detecting cameras and its employees use AI to win multimillion-dollar grants.
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Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 5 Sep. 2025
In the video, a school bus gets stuck in a pothole and JJ and his friends transform into superheroes after eating some delicious fruity muffins.
—Annabelle Canela, Parents, 8 Aug. 2025
And it’s projected to increase further — before a single pothole is filled or police officer is hired.
—John J Roach Iii, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
This combination of strength and energy generation could be used in several types of wearables and Internet of Things applications, including infrastructure systems to reinforce bridges and highways that sense when a crack, pothole, or other damage appears, Yu says.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Nov. 2023
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Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 5 Sep. 2025
In the video, a school bus gets stuck in a pothole and JJ and his friends transform into superheroes after eating some delicious fruity muffins.
—Annabelle Canela, Parents, 8 Aug. 2025
And it’s projected to increase further — before a single pothole is filled or police officer is hired.
—John J Roach Iii, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
This combination of strength and energy generation could be used in several types of wearables and Internet of Things applications, including infrastructure systems to reinforce bridges and highways that sense when a crack, pothole, or other damage appears, Yu says.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pothole
Noun
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Upon stepping inside through the full-height entry door, the kitchen counter with sink basin is located to the right.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
31 Oct. 2025
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Melissa ripped across Jamaica with torrential rain and rough winds after making landfall on Tuesday as a Category 5 hurricane, one of the most powerful landfalls on record in the Atlantic basin.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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During high-water months, water spills over and settles across the floodplain, leaving behind up to 12 inches of fresh soil annually.—
Isa Cardona,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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Armed with permission to study the entire Luxor floodplain, the research team is now casting a wider net.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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And at Wallow Hallow Woods, tucked across the ravines and slopes unscathed by fire, beech and maple trees still grow.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
29 Oct. 2025
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Gullies and ravines meant to bring water back into the system have been cleared before the storm to help prevent excess flooding, but rain continues to pour over the island.—
Matt Nighswander,
NBC news,
29 Oct. 2025
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Or consider something more adventurous, like looking for the ghost of John Wesley Powell deep in the belly of the canyon at Phantom Ranch.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
28 Oct. 2025
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This isn’t your average hike; expect to climb, wade, swim, and scramble your way through powerful streams and natural waterfalls, all while surrounded by towering canyon walls.—
Essence,
Essence,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The beans and nine other sides have moved back to the kettles as of last week.—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
31 Oct. 2025
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Eli Drinkwitz has done more with less at Mizzou, and there's little doubt he'll be targeted in this boiling kettle of a market.—
Chase Goodbread,
The Tuscaloosa News,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Tom Ford-era Gucci bags in iconic python, ultra-rare Louis Vuitton pochettes, and Dior saddle bags.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
2 Nov. 2025
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Then that steering column folds forward at the hinge, and the saddle does a 180.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Fellow Saturnian moon Enceladus and Jupiter's moon Europa — both thought to host oceans — are covered with a network of cracks and crevasses in their surface, signs that their volumes changed as ice melted into water.—
Nola Taylor Tillman,
Space.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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Throughout the course, climbers can see the 2,303-foot-high Triumvirate Glacier, with all its moraines and otherworldly blue crevasses, as well as the Tordrillo Mountains, which include Mount Spurr, an active volcano that last erupted in 1992.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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There were more creeks, high hills, big parks, passes, and open mountainsides with broken, timbered canyons and gulches.—
Fred C. Mercer,
Outdoor Life,
14 Aug. 2025
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Mandatory evacuations were active along the Colorado 13 corridor from the White River near Meeker to south of Piceance Creek Road in Garfield County, parts of Rio Blanco County east of Willow Creek and south of Piceance Creek, and gulches west of Colorado 13.—
Elliott Wenzler,
Denver Post,
10 Aug. 2025
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“Pothole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pothole. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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